---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to health and human services."
description: "relative to health and human services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 289"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 289 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae01e135-8894-47e7-ba7d-aac9f2d26c4b"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0858&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "7ef8a83643ec70c32c5c3e6549d24cfb23210ac6e6dd04a6816679e3e07247cf"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nh"]
---

# New Hampshire SB 289 (2019) — relative to health and human services.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment #2019-1792h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-1792h&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- OTPA — **207–141** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-29** Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Hearing: 02/05/2019, Room 101, LOB, 01:45 pm; SC 9
- **2019-02-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0637s, 03/07/2019; SC 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** Committee Amendment # 2019-0637s, AA, VV; 03/07/2019; SJ 7
- **2019-03-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0637s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 03/07/2019; SJ 7 `passage`
- **2019-03-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/21/2019; SC 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; 03/21/2019; SJ 9 `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Sen. Feltes Moved Laid on Table, MA, VV; 03/21/2019; SJ 9
- **2019-03-21** Pending Motion OT3rdg; 03/21/2019; SJ 9
- **2019-03-28** Sen. Rosenwald Moved to Remove From Table, MA, VV; 03/28/2019; SJ 11
- **2019-03-28** Sen. Rosenwald Floor Amendment # 2019-1301s, AA, VV; 03/28/2019; SJ 11
- **2019-03-28** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1301s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/28/2019; SJ 11 `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Introduced 03/20/2019 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 12 P. 74 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Public Hearing: 04/10/2019 10:45 am LOB 205
- **2019-04-10** Division II Subcommittee Work Session: 04/16/2019 10:00 am LOB 205
- **2019-04-10** Division II Subcommittee Work Session: 04/17/2019 10:00 am LOB 205
- **2019-04-10** Executive Session: 04/18/2019 10:00 am LOB 205
- **2019-04-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1515h for 05/02/2019 (Vote 19-0; RC) HC 22 P. 10 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02** Referred to Finance 05/02/2019 HJ 14 P. 16
- **2019-05-06** ==RECESSED== Division III Work Session: 05/07/2019 09:30 am LOB 210-211
- **2019-05-07** ==CONTINUED== Division III Work Session: 05/14/2019 10:30 am LOB 210-211
- **2019-05-02** Amendment # 2019-1515h: AA VV 05/02/2019 HJ 14 P. 16
- **2019-05-02** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1515h: MA VV 05/02/2019 HJ 14 P. 16 `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Executive Session: 05/22/2019 10:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2019-05-29** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1792h for 06/05/2019 (Vote 12-9; RC) HC 27 P. 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-29** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2019-06-05** Amendment # 2019-1792h: AA VV 06/05/2019 HJ 17 P. 61
- **2019-06-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1792h: MA RC 207-141 06/05/2019 HJ 17 P. 61 `passage`
- **2019-06-13** Sen. Sherman Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/13/2019; SJ 20
- **2019-06-28** Enrolled (In recess 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-06-28** Enrolled 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 53
- **2019-07-24** Signed by the Governor on 07/19/2019; Chapter 287 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-24** I. Sections 1 & 2 Effective 09/17/2019
- **2019-07-24** II. Sections 3-9 Effective 07/01/2019
- **2019-07-24** III. Remainder Effective 07/19/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae01e135-8894-47e7-ba7d-aac9f2d26c4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).